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4 est.) Transportation Railways: total: 96 km narrow gauge: 96 km 1.000-m gauge, rural, narrow-gauge system for hauling sugarcane; no passenger service Highways: total: 14,400 km paved: 14,400 km unpaved: 0 km (1996 est.) Ports and harbors: Guanica, Guayanilla, Guayama, Playa de Ponce, San Juan Merchant marine: none Airports: 30 (1998 est.) Airports--with paved runways: total: 21 over 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 914 to 1,523 m: 9 under 914 m: 6 (1998 est.) Airports--with unpaved runways: total: 9 914 to 1,523 m: 2 under 914 m: 7 (1998 est.) Military Military branches: paramilitary National Guard, Police Force Military--note: defense is the responsibility of the US Transnational Issues Disputes--international: none ====================================================================== @Qatar ----- Geography Location: Middle East, peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia Geographic coordinates: 25 30 N, 51 15 E Map references: Middle East Area: total: 11,437 sq km land: 11,437 sq km water: 0 sq km Area--comparative: slightly smaller than Connecticut Land boundaries: total: 60 km border countries: Saudi Arabia 60 km Coastline: 563 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm Climate: desert; hot, dry; humid and sultry in summer Terrain: mostly flat and barren desert covered with loose sand and gravel Elevation extremes: lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m highest point: Qurayn Abu al Bawl 103 m Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, fish Land use: arable land: 1% permanent crops: NA% permanent pastures: 5% forests and woodland: NA% other: 94% (1993 est.) Irrigated land: 80 sq km (1993 est.) Natural hazards: haze, dust storms, sandstorms common Environment--current issues: limited natural fresh water resources are increasing dependence on large-scale desalination facilities Environment--international agreements: party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea Geography--note: strategic location in central Persian Gulf near major petroleum deposits People Population: 723,542 (July 1999 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 27% (male 99,232; female 95,4
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